Women's Role In Ww2

The emergence of the Black Power movements in the early 1960s coincided with the peak of success for the Civil Rights campaign - the legislation of 1964-65. Thereafter, the focus of campaigns had to move the practical issues related to social and economic deprivation, and the ability to exercise the rights that had been gained. By 1968 little had changed, and it is therefore easy to claim that Black Power movements achieved nothing, and in fact had a negative impact on black Americans.

What accounted for the growth between 1940 and 1965 of popular and governmental concern for the position of blacks in American society?

America had changed with the social and political impact from WW1. Like the minorities, that joined in the war effort by joining the military. Things seemed to have included other groups into having a sense of unity in the nation. As far as the men in the minorities, women also saw the light in new possibilities. With the United States entering the war many changes were bound to happen in a social and political way.

In 1960 the Civil Rights Movement was beginning to gain a lot strength. Many civil

C.1.b. b. Civil rights generally the focus of most important conditions in the 1960's, a proliferation has continued since the 1970's

In the United States before the war had even begun there was already an economic struggle happening people living in poverty, there being a lack of supplies, and segregation occurring in 1945. People suffering from this and the country as well because they didn’t have enough resources to be able to provide for the war if they had no supplies.

The first thing that all civilians experienced in the United States was job opportunities. 1 in 3 jobs of all civilians went towards the war effort; people of color including women and young adults experienced better job openings because of supply and demand. Many people of color that were working low paying jobs found high paying jobs working for the post office packaging mail and while many white women found work in factories that help mass produced war machines and products such as planes, tanks and bullets. (Saylor, 72-85) But besides the ample growth in jobs, everyone had to face rationing, especially “Homemakers and Mothers”.

A great amount of males in America were overseas fighting in war and because of this many important jobs were left in charge of the women

World War 1, 1914-1918, changed social classes, gender roles, and fashion. Men were fighting in the war and the women were entering the work force. Women worked “appropriate female jobs” like nurses and servants until the war. For the first time, they were filling jobs previously filled by men. “Women worked as Munition factory workers, railway guards. Conductors, police, firefighter, bank clerks, and factory workers”.7 With increasing amounts of

During the time of peace before the war women had very little opportunities. The man was considered the head of the house and wife a belonging to him. Women where allowed to get a eduction but never given the opportunities to put it to good use. There Job was to marry and make there husband life easier and better. They where treated like a glorified slave.

Women: Women were not citizens. The women were on the same level as slaves, And they were not educated. A woman was owned by her father until she married which was some age between 14 and 16 then she would become property of her husband who was chosen by her father. If the husband died she would not receive anything that belonged to the him, it would be passed on to the nearest male relative. Women were also expected to be fit and healthy to give birth to healthy children ( boys were more wanted then girls as the boys could grow up and fight for the

Around the mid 1950’s to late 1960’s the civil rights movement had become a huge

In the 1960’s, particularly in the Southern American states, there was a civil rights movement.

In the 1950’s the United States was going through a golden era where the baby boomers were being born, and the American dream was there’s for the taking hence placing the whole nation in an upswing motion. During this period there was explosion of war, controversy and the traditional American values were being questioned. The movements that were fighting for the social change were tamed to be non-violent by nature, and they tried to be more conservative in their approach. The civil rights movements were more focused on patience and non- violence when they were fighting for equality in the United States.

As said, the Civil Rights Movement is the most influential stepping stone for future equality amongst races. This was all due to many key events and issues that happened throughout the 1950s and the 1960s. At first, there was no major event that sparked the Civil Rights Movement. Rather, it was a mix of unfair issues that the majority of non-whites experienced. For instance, “in 1952, non-whites earned 57% of white median incomes.”(Lecture 11, Civil Rights